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Sinon

A Greek who tricked Troy with the wooden horse, used as a metaphor by Lucrece.

minor

First appearance: the rape of lucrece

Sinon's tie to Priam is one of the pressures that moves Poetry—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

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With Priam (psychological): Priam is deceived by Sinon's false tale of the Trojan Horse, representing tragic gullibility and betrayal. With Tarquin (psychological): Sinon is a figure of deceit whom Lucrece compares to…

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PRPriamTATarquinSISinon

Relationship types

  • Psychological

Character groups

  • Trojan War Figures
  • Roman Political Figures

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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